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✨ Official Šaknys Page ✨
Honoring Lithuanian history by restoring cemeteries across the U.S. 🇱🇹
📍 2026: Pennsylvania
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All of our dalyviai stay working hard and making progress👏✅ #projectsaknys taken in Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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the most important part of it all is the friends you meet along the way! Take some time to scroll and meet our Šaknys draugai! 🤍🌲 #projectsaknys taken in Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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What an honor to be featured in the Draugas magazine, not once, but twice this summer! 🥹🇱🇹

So proud to see the story of our Šaknys project and all the incredible work of our participants shared with the Lithuanian community.

Bravo, Šaknys participants!!! Your hard work and dedication.
What a summer to remember! :) by @projectsaknys

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Standing in front of the “Little Lithuania” sign, we’re reminded of the generations of Lithuanians who once built their lives here.

From August 8–16, our Šaknys group had the honor of caring for the graves of those who called this region home. Cleaning, restoring, and preserving pieces of their stories that are still here today.

These aren’t just old cemeteries. They are the final resting places of the people who helped build Lithuanian communities across America.

We’re grateful to have spent this week giving something back to the people who came before our grandparents, parents and us taken in Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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“when you join Šaknys, the tools just magically appear in your hands?”
Yes, exactly that. 🛠️🌿🪦 taken in Scranton, Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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Here’s some smiles of Saknys! If you were wondering, we’re having an absolute blast🤩🌲 Girls smiling with hard hats on and about to enter a coal mine for a tour taken in Barnesville, Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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If you’re late to the cemetery, you might just get ghosted 👻 taken in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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Is picking up headstones a pink job or blue job?💕💙 taken in Pennsylvania by @projectsaknys

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Today, our participants had the chance to step into the history of the Lithuanian diaspora, seeing firsthand the coal mining region and the conditions that shaped the lives of generations before us.

Tomorrow, the real work begins.

Hands in the dirt. Brushes on the stones. History brought back to life.

We’re ready!

Šiandien mūsų dalyviai turėjo galimybę iš arčiau susipažinti su lietuvių išeivijos istorija, pamatyti anglies kasyklų regioną ir sąlygas, kurios formavo ankstesnių kartų gyvenimus.

Rytoj prasideda tikrasis darbas.

Rankos į žemę. Šepečiai į akmenis. Istorija atgyja iš naujo.

Esame pasiruošę.
Rytoj pradedam!

#Šaknys2026 #ProjektasŠaknys #Roots2026 #LithuanianDiaspora #LithuanianHistory LietuviųIšeivija by @projectsaknys

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Pennsylvania coal mine tour! #savvyminers by @projectsaknys

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And they’re off!

Part of our Šaknys dalyviai officially left Lemont, IL today and are on their way to Pennsylvania for another week of stories, cemeteries, hard work, late nights, and a whole lot of memories:)

Pennsylvania, we’re coming for you.
Šaknys 2026, let the adventure begin!!!! by @projectsaknys

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A lot can happen in just one week.
You can meet strangers who quickly become friends, friends who start to feel like family, and people you know you’ll miss the moment you all go home.
I almost forgot this was the whole point. 🤍 by @projectsaknys

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